Cover of The Memory Book

The Memory Book

They tell me that my memory will never be the same, that I'll start forgetting things. At first just a little, and then a lot. So I'm writing to remember.

Read more

Sammie was always a girl with a plan: graduate at the top of her class and get out of her small town as soon as humanly possible. Nothing will stand in her way—not even a rare genetic disorder the doctors say will slowly start to steal her memories and then her health. What she needs is a new plan.

So the Memory Book is born: Sammie's notes to her future self, a document of moments great and small. It's where she'll record every perfect detail of her first date with longtime crush, Stuart—a brilliant young writer who is home for the summer. And where she'll admit how much she's missed her childhood best friend, Cooper, and even take some of the blame for the fight that ended their friendship.

Through a mix of heartfelt journal entries, mementos, and guest posts from friends and family, readers will fall in love with Sammie, a brave and remarkable girl who learns to live and love life fully, even though it's not the life she planned.

Audience
young adult
Length
medium · 368 pages

Click a tag to see books like this one that share it. Point at it (on a phone, tap it) for less of it instead.

Read it? Sign in to help tag it.

Liked The Memory Book? Here’s where I’d start.

These suit anyone who liked The Memory Book. Sign in and mark a few books for picks shaped around your own taste.

  1. This Raging Light Shares young adult, contemporary, romance
  2. Guy in Real Life Shares young adult, contemporary, romance
  3. The Killer in Me Shares young adult, contemporary, fiction
  4. How to Say Goodbye in Robot Shares young adult, contemporary, realistic fiction

“People who read The Memory Book tend to reach for these next.”

  1. Seven Days of You
  2. Gemini
  3. This Is the Part Where You Laugh
  4. Learning to Swear in America

“If you want more of the same (romance about mental health), start with these.”

  1. But Then I Came Back
  2. The Truth About Us
  3. Extraordinary Means
  4. We Were Never Here

“If it was the contemporary that hooked you, try one of these.”

  1. Everything, Everything
  2. The Last Boy and Girl in the World
  3. I'll Be There
  4. Emmy & Oliver

“These start from a similar idea, even if they go somewhere else with it.”

  1. Reclaimed
  2. Wishing for You
  3. Twice Loved
  4. Survive